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"Inevitably, this is how I'm supposed to live."
Director Park Chan-wook's 'I can't help it, this year's most popular and anticipated filmAfter capturing Venice and heating up Toronto, it finally landed in Busan.
The thriller crime black comedy film 『I Can't Help It』 (directed by Park Chan-wook, produced by ambiguous film), which was selected as the opening film of the 30th Busan International Film Festival, was released as a press preview of the opening film at the Jung Theater of the Haeundae-gu Film Center in Busan on the afternoon of the 17th.
Director Park Chan-wook was fascinated by the 1997 novel of writer Donald E. Westlake 'Ax' and prepared for the film for 20 years' is the first new film to be released in three years since 'Decision to Break Up' released in 2022. Previously, it entered the competition section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival held last month and was first introduced in Asia and Korea through the Busan Film Festival since it was first released worldwide as a world premiere, drawing keen attention from domestic and foreign reporters.
It is not enough to have a 413-seat medium theater, and the 212-seat small theater is full of seatsThe story of ' is as follows. It is a black comedy about Mansu (Lee Byung-hun), a paper expert with 25 years of experience who was satisfied with his life enough to feel that he had achieved it, was fired by a company that gave his life before he could enjoy the happiest and most stable life, and then prepared for reemployment to feed his wife Miri (Son Ye-jin) and his two children, and to protect the house where he had bought it.
A masterpiece made by actors who performed an exciting sword dance with director Park Chan-wook, who prepared a splendid feast with a transformative completeness 'I can't help it' leaves a strong impression as a hexagonal well-made film complete with all the elements, including directing, story, and luxury acting that really inevitably fascinate the audience.
in particular 'There is nothing we can do about itLee Byung-hun, who became Mansu, everything in ', lived up to his name again by chewing and swallowing the screen for 139 minutes with 'Crazy Acting'. Mansu Lee Byung-hun, who has eaten paper rice for 25 years and hasn't thought about anything he doesn't hold back for a single day, shows the end of the general's grim but grim grotesque irony of leading his own war alone as he is driven to the brink of unemployment. Lee Byung-hun, who expresses Mansu from head to toe of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure that changes every moment, makes him prove why even director Park Chan-wook was an actor who had to choose 'Inevitably'.
Son Ye-jin, who returned after seven years, is also the best. Son Ye-jin, who took a long break for the first time since her debut, walks lightly on the stage made by director Park Chan-wook like a Okong collected and bursts it, and then flies up again to balance it. Son Ye-jin, who lovingly expressed Miri, his current wife who protects her family rationally more than anyone else in a situation where her livelihood has become difficult, said 'There is nothing we can do about itIt attracts the audience with the melodrama of ' and the main axis of comedy. 'There's nothing I can do about itSon Ye-jin, who properly announced the beginning of the third act of her acting life with ', has finally returned to the theater.
Led by Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin, there is nothing we can do about it'However, the fantastic scenes of Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, and Yeom Hye-ran, who are in charge of the chapter of the story, cannot be left out. Park Hee-soon, who plays the role of the president-elect of Mansu's 「Moon Paper」 seeking reemployment, Lee Sung-min, who plays Mansu's potential competitor Bummo, and Yeom Hye-ran, who plays Bummo's wife Ara, shock with characters they have never seen before. In particular, the desperate three-man scuffle for the survival of Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, and Yeom Hye-ran, which is a turning point for Mansu in the middle of the movie, is the highlight of the beauty of 'I can't help it'. The action of the three people, which is reminiscent of a real car show, is ridiculous and gives a creepy feeling at the same time.
Addressing the social problem of increasing workers' unemployment due to the development of artificial intelligence 'There is nothing we can do about it' draws sympathy from those who see it as a survival play of the reality accusation that has set foot on the ground among director Park Chan-wook's works. Father's responsibility towards the family, but at the same time, the craftsman's mad obsession with the job 'I can't help it' is Park Chan-wook's unique sharp speech method, and he runs without looking back. It's uncomfortable, but it's inevitable to see the end. If 'decision to break up' was the essence of high-quality melodrama 'There's nothing I can do about it' is the masterpiece of a desperate survival play.
'There's nothing I can do about it' will be released on the 24th.
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